Women's Clothing Store Robbed By Man With Gun

September 05, 1996|By DANIELA ALTIMARI; Courant Staff Writer

WEST HARTFORD — A man carrying a handgun robbed a women's clothing store in Corbins Corner Wednesday and escaped with more than $500.

The man walked into the Dress Barn on New Britain Avenue just before 1:45 p.m. ``He displayed a handgun and demanded cash,'' said West Hartford Police Capt. John Suchocki. No shots were fired and no one was hurt.

Police were searching for a white man, about 5 feet 6, wearing a brown shirt, jeans, a flannel vest and a baseball cap. His hair was in a ponytail.

The robbery came two days after a man held up a Hit or Miss clothing store in Vernon.

In that case, Vernon police are searching for a white man in his early 20s, 5 feet 8, with dark blond hair. He was wearing a blue and white flannel shirt and baggy bluejeans. His hair was tied up or pulled up into a gray hat similar to a baseball cap.

No arrests have been made in connection with the Labor Day robbery, said Vernon police Sgt. Mel Hardy. ``Women's clothing stores are not usually targets of armed robbers,'' he said. ``It's not the norm.''

West Hartford police have contacted their counterparts in Vernon about the incident. ``It appears there are similarities between ours and Vernon's,'' Suchocki said.

Anyone with information about the West Hartford robbery is asked to call police at 523-5203.